The May bank holiday was nightmare with Op Brock doing its worst
The motorways were rammed compounded by roadworks on the A20 between Lenham and Harrietsham creating gridlock in the boiling heat. Hours and hours of queuing because the EU exit system is not working despite millions of pounds of investment by the Port and Eurotunnel.
We face the same situation all over again this summer. It is not acceptable that every school holiday my constituency is brought to a standstill by Operation Brock. It might suit the Government for the M20 to be turned into a lorry park, but it has real consequences for my constituents. It takes hours to get anywhere so people stay at home. Businesses lose customers and revenue; appointments get missed and sick relatives don’t get visits.
The French technology is NOT working, and they have not set it up so you can register your biometrics in advance.
Today I called on the Prime Minister and Andy Burnham to come to a diplomatic agreement with the EU to get all systems working before they impose EES checks. If they don’t I fear for children, older people and pets stuck in baking hot queues for hours trying to go on holiday.
This is serious. We can no longer have ‘wait and see’ we need action.
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